The First Half Century of Hydraulic Research at the University of Iowa, 1971

Abstract

In order to make available the results of all research conducted at the Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research, a series of bulletins containing abstracts of graduate theses, reviews of Institute research and lists of staff publications has been published at irregular intervals. Previous titles in this series, a part of the Iowa Studies in Engineering, have been Bulletin 19, Two Decades of Hydraulics at the University of Iowa ( 1939); Bulletin 26, Investigations of the Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research, 1939-1940; Bulletin 30, The Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research, 1946; Bulletin 33, Third Decade of Hydraulics at the State University of Iowa ( 1949) with Supplement ( 1952); and Bulletin 40, Fourth Decade of Hydraulics at the State University of Iowa ( 1960) with Supplement ( 1965 ) . The present publication has as its twofold purpose to bring this series up to date with a discussion of the Institute's fifth decade of hydraulic research and to summarize at the half century landmark the entire research picture as collected in all of the graduate theses and staff publications